Cheap or free genealogy sites or apps

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PDAMan

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#248922 16-Apr-2019 10:34

I want to do some work setting up a family tree, but the best looking sites, like MyHeritage start at $15 a month and while I'm keen to do this, I don't feel I would get that sort of value from it.

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#2218014 16-Apr-2019 10:51

FamilySearch is free.

https://www.familysearch.org/en/

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PDAMan

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#2218021 16-Apr-2019 11:01

Thanks I tried registering and seem to have found a bug. I'm on hold to webchat with someone to hep. It won't accept my birthdate

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#2218024 16-Apr-2019 11:03

Its American, maybe you have to use their funny date format.

Its a long time since I registered, so dont quite remember how thats entered.

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#2218025 16-Apr-2019 11:04

Make sure you read the Ts&Cs on signup

Ie the 23&Me Ts&Cs are shocking, they own your DNA profile, and can do whatever you they like with it, including handing it off to law enforcement, Heath insurance companies, or even the pharmaceutical company that’s a significant owner of their stock.

PDAMan

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#2218031 16-Apr-2019 11:09

Got it sorted, it was Dashlane, for some reason the software didn't like Dashlane completing the fields. Thanks

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PDAMan

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#2218032 16-Apr-2019 11:11

Thanks for that. I won't be doing DNA at this stage and will be careful when I do. Not that I have anything to hide, but I do like to own my information at that level even if I'm using it to find out about ancestry... It's like drug companies who want to own your genomes.

Luigi
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#2218040 16-Apr-2019 11:25

To build a tree on Ancestry is no monthly cost, I highly recommend them for the DNA testing as well

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#2218055 16-Apr-2019 11:43

nathan: Make sure you read the Ts&Cs on signup

Ie the 23&Me Ts&Cs are shocking, they own your DNA profile, and can do whatever you they like with it, including handing it off to law enforcement, Heath insurance companies, or even the pharmaceutical company that’s a significant owner of their stock.

It's potentially even worse than just that. If one of your siblings allows them access to their DNA, then they've got most of yours anyway - without you ever consenting to anything. "Family Tree Forensics" is a thing.

Maybe that seems great for fighting crime, but there's more money to be made I'm sure, by insurance companies.

Noodles

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#2219431 16-Apr-2019 20:31

No the prettiest of sites, but you could try https://www.wikitree.com/

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#2219498 16-Apr-2019 23:07

For an app, you can always try Gramps: https://gramps-project.org

Free, local, no restrictions.

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